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Wayne Health urologists are academic physicians who are faculty members of the Wayne State University School of Medicine. This academic connection allows our board-certified urology doctors and genitourinary specialists to offer the latest and most up-to-date technologies and treatments to patients.
Wayne Health has developed into one of the nation’s leading providers of urological care with expertise in all facets of urology. Wayne Health is an international destination center for patients with urologic conditions ranging from simple to complex.
Our urology specialists evaluate and treat all urologic conditions, including all types of urologic cancer, prostate problems, kidney stones, male and female sexual dysfunction and urologic reconstruction.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is an enlarged prostate gland. The prostate gland surrounds the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body. As the prostate gets bigger, it may squeeze or partly block the urethra. This often causes problems with urinating.
BPH causes urinary problems such as trouble starting and stopping the flow of urine, needing to urinate often, or feeling like your bladder isn’t completely empty after you urinate. BPH does not cause prostate cancer and does not affect a man’s ability to father children. It does not cause erection problems.
Wayne Health board-certified urology specialists offer the latest and most advanced technologies and treatments to our patients. Wayne Health urology specialists are committed to raising standards of care for patients with a variety of urological conditions.
We have expertise in:
Additional services include urodynamic studies for post void residual and urine flow rate, cystoscopies, bladder scans, prostate biopsies, vasectomy and other office-based procedures. We perform outpatient and inpatient surgeries at area hospitals, including robotic surgery of the prostate, bladder, kidney and adrenal gland, cryoablation, brachytherapy, extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy, urethroplasty and other reconstructive procedures.
Wayne Health physicians and researchers are also faculty members of the Wayne State University School of Medicine who conduct research and clinical studies. This makes the latest treatments and clinical trials available to you sooner than other health providers without a medical school affiliation.
WSU faculty clinicians participate in the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MUSIC), established in 2011, which is a physician-led quality improvement collaborative comprised of a consortium of urology practices in Michigan. The collaborative is designed to evaluate and improve the quality and cost efficiency of prostate cancer care.
Through the Urology department at Wayne Health and Wayne State University School of Medicine, and in coordination with Harper Hospital and Karmanos Cancer Institute, we offer a variety of clinical trials for both benign and malignant conditions. WSU Urology faculty currently have clinical research trials open in the following areas: bladder cancer; renal cell (kidney) cancer; testicular cancer; and prostate cancer.
For more information, please visit the links below at the WSU School of Medicine.